“The Lord is righteous, for I have rebelled against his commandment. Please listen all you people, and see my suffering. My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.”
Poetic mourning over Jerusalem's destruction.
Old Testament • Book #25
For these things I weep; my eyes, my eyes flow with tears; because the comforter who should refresh ...
Lamentations 1:17Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her. The Lord has commanded concerning Jacob,...
Lamentations 1:19I called for my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders perished in the city, while t...
Lamentations 1:20See, Lord, for I am in distress; my stomach churns; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievou...
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